Ben Malone closed with a red hot 56.5 last quarter, but couldn't quite catch Sean McGorty of Virginia, placing second in the mile in a blistering 4:05.59, No. 4 in state history and well under the meet record.

Sean McGorty of Virginia won in a meet record 4:04.47.

The times by McGorty and Malone are No. 1 and No. 2 in the nation this season.

``The PR is nice, but I came here to win,'' said Malone. ``I let him (McGorty) get to big of a gap and couldn't quite make it up at the end. After he ran a fast first half (2:01.1) I slowed up just a little because I figured he wouldn't be able to keep that up and I wanted to make sure I had enough for big kick. But he surged and got too far ahead of me.''

The only runners in N.J. history to run the mile faster than Malone before entering college are Marty Liquori of Essex Catholic, 3:59.8 in 1967, Edward Cheserek of St. Benedict's Prep, 4:03.29 in 2011, and Robby Andrews of Manalapan, 4:03.49 in 2009.